tabs in a tabView not updated after wildfly migration with primefaces - ajax

I'm using primefaces 3.5 JBoss 7.1.1. I'm migrating my app to Wildfly 9.0.2.
The following code used to work with JBoss but no longer with WildFly.
<p:tabView id="tabView" dynamic="true" cache="false" style="width:1120px">
<f:event listener="#{ucoController.loadUcoConfiguration}" type="preRenderView" />
<p:tab id="Activation" title="SOMF Activation">
<h:panelGrid id="ActivationPG" columns="1" cellpadding="10" border="0">
<h:form id="user" class="sgdsForm clear">
<script type="text/javascript">
function startAjaxStatus(){
document.getElementById("tabView:user:image").style.display='block';
document.getElementById("tabView:user:shutDown").style.display='block';
}
</script>
<ol>
<li>
<label for="activate" class="label">SOMF Activation</label>
<p:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}" />
</li>
<li>
<br/>
<h:outputText value="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivationMessage}" style="float:left; text-align:left;margin-leftt:7px;color:#0F5795;font-weight:bold;font-size:0.9em;line-height:23px;"/>
</li>
<li>
<br/>
<p:commandButton ajax="false" global="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}" onclick="startAjaxStatus()" value="Update" actionListener="#{ucoController.updateUco}" id="updateActivation" icon="ui-icon-disk" update=":tabView:user,:tabView:ScreeningForm>
</p:commandButton>
</li>
</ol>
<h:panelGrid columns="2" border="0" >
<h:outputText value="Update in progress..." id="shutDown" style="color:#0F5795;font-weight:bold;font-size:0.9em;line-height:23px;display:none;"/>
<p:graphicImage value="resources/img/load.gif" id="image" style="display:none;"/>
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:tab>
<p:tab id="Screening" title="Screening" rendered="#{ucoController.disableConfiguration}">
<h:panelGrid id="ScreeningPG" columns="1" cellpadding="10" border="0">
<h:form id="ScreeningForm" class="sgdsForm clear" >
<ol>
<li>
<label for="analysis" class="label required">Think Time (ms)</label>
<h:inputText id="thinkTime" value="#{configurationBean.screeningThinktime}" maxlength="5" readonly="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}">
<f:validator validatorId="screeningTimeValidator" />
<f:attribute name="autoScreening" value="#{configurationBean.automaticScreening}" />
</h:inputText>
</li>
<li>
<label for="activate" class="label">Automatic Screening</label>
<p:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{configurationBean.automaticScreening}" readonly="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}" disabled="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}"/>
</li>
<li>
<br/>
<p:commandButton disabled="#{configurationBean.SOMFActivated}" oncomplete="handleComplete(xhr, status, args)" value="Update" actionListener="#{ucoController.updateUco}" id="updateScreening" icon="ui-icon-disk" process="#this,ScreeningForm" update=":tabView:ScreeningPG"/>
</li>
</ol>
</h:form>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:tab>
</p:tabView>
And my backing bean :
#ManagedBean(name = "ucoController", eager = true)
#SessionScoped
public class UcoController implements Serializable {
public final ConfigurationBean loadConfiguration() {
// load configuration
}
public final void updateUco(ActionEvent event) {
// update configuration
}
}
I wonder why the updateUco method is not fired when submiting the form. In consequence my form seems to not be submitted! The model doesn't change.
Is there anything wrong with mojarra version or primefaces?
I went through this exhaustive answer for what to appear the same problem. But none of the point described fit for my case !

Please upgrade primefaces to version 4.0 in order to support JSF version 2.2 which is supported in Wildfly 9.0.2.

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Date:Thu, 02 May 2013 21:45:05 GMT
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X-Powered-By:Servlet/3.0 JSP/2.2 (GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.2.2 Java/Sun Microsystems Inc./1.6)
X-Powered-By:JSF/2.0
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</h:commandButton>
<br/>
<!--<f:subview id="administrativeActionPane" rendered="{userService.showAdminPane}">
Admin Pane
</f:subview>-->
<f:subview id="managerialActionPane">
<div class="#{adminService.getShowManagerClass()}">
Manager Pane:
<h:commandLink id="editmovies" value="Movies">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.toggleMoviePane()}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink id="employes" value="Employees">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.toggleEmployeePane()}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink id="sales" target="_blank" value="View Sales Report" action="/Admin/salesreport"/>
<h:commandLink id="employees" target="_blank" value="View Most Active Employees" action="/Admin/activeemployees"/>
<h:commandLink id="customers" target="_blank" value="View Most Active Customers" action="/Admin/activecustomers"/>
<h:commandLink id="movies" target="_blank" value="View Most Active Movies" action="/Admin/activemovies"/>
<br/>
<f:subview id="moviesEditPane">
<span class="#{adminService.getShowMovieClass()}">
Movies.
<ui:repeat value="#{adminService.currentMoviePage}" var="movie">
#{movie.name}
<h:commandLink id="edit" value="Edit">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.editMovie(movie.id)}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:outputText rendered="#{adminService.movieId eq movie.id}" value="edit"/>
<br/>
</ui:repeat>
</span>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="employeesEditPane">
<span class="#{adminService.getShowEmployeeClass()}">
Employees.
<ui:repeat value="#{adminService.currentEmployeePage}" var="employee">
#{employee.firstName} #{employee.lastName}
<h:commandLink id="edit" value="Edit">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.editEmployee(employee.id)}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:outputText rendered="#{adminService.employeeId eq employee.id}" value="edit"/>
<br/>
</ui:repeat>
</span>
</f:subview>
</div>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="representativeActionPane">
<div class="#{adminService.getShowRepresentativeClass()}">
Customer Representative Pane:
<h:commandLink id="recordOrder" value="Record Order">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.toggleOrderPane()}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink id="customers" value="Customers">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.toggleCustomerPane()}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink id="mailingList" target="_blank" value="View Mailing List" action="/Admin/mailinglist"/>
<f:subview id="orderPane">
<span class="#{adminService.getShowOrderClass()}">
Create new order.
</span>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="customerPane">
<span class="#{adminService.getShowCustomerClass()}">
Customers.
<ui:repeat id="customersList" value="#{adminService.currentCustomerPage}" var="customer">
<f:subview id="editCustomer#{customer.id}">
<p class="#{adminService.getEditCustomerClass(customer.id)}">
<h:inputText id="email#{customer.id}" value="#{adminService.customerEmail}"/><br/>
<h:inputText id="firstName#{customer.id}" value="#{adminService.customerFirstName}"/>
<h:inputText id="lastName#{customer.id}" value="#{adminService.customerLastName}"/><br/>
<h:commandButton id="saveEdit#{customer.id}" type="submit" value="Save" actionListener="#{adminService.saveCustomer()}">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" execute="#form"/>
</h:commandButton>
<h:commandButton id="cancelEdit#{customer.id}" type="submit" value="Cancel" actionListener="#{adminService.cancelEdit()}">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" execute="#form" />
</h:commandButton>
</p>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="viewCustomer#{customer.id}">
<p class="#{adminService.getViewCustomerClass(customer.id)}">
#{customer.email}<br/>
#{customer.firstName} #{customer.lastName}<br/>
<h:commandLink id="suggestion" target="_blank" value="View Suggestions" action="/Admin/customersuggestions">
<f:param name="user" value="#{customer.id}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandButton id="edit" type="submit" value="Edit" action="#{adminService.editCustomer(customer)}">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" execute="#form" />
</h:commandButton>
</p>
</f:subview>
<br/>
</ui:repeat>
</span>
</f:subview>
</div>
</f:subview>
</h:form>
</div>
</div>
</h:body>
</html>
I found the answer, and the cause of it is really quite strange, but it makes sense.
In my ID's, I was using EL to define unique ID's for UIComponents (even though this was not necessary). When I remove the EL from the ID's, the ajax works!
I'm presuming (though I'm sure BalusC would give a more thorough answer), was that because the id's aren't static, even though the ID in concept would be the same, it was affecting the way JSF finds UIComponents.
Now I feel dumb, because the problem would've been completely avoidable if I didn't add any superfluous elements.
For example, the code in my original post should be as follows:
<h:form id="adminPanel">
...
<f:subview id="editCustomer">
<p class="#{adminService.getEditCustomerClass(customer.id)}">
<h:inputText id="email" value="#{adminService.customerEmail}"/><br/>
<h:inputText id="firstName" value="#{adminService.customerFirstName}"/>
<h:inputText id="lastName" value="#{adminService.customerLastName}"/><br/>
<h:commandButton id="saveEdit" type="button" value="Save">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.saveCustomer()}"/>
</h:commandButton>
<h:commandButton id="cancelEdit" type="button" value="Cancel">
<f:ajax render="#form" event="click" listener="#{adminService.cancelEdit()}"/>
</h:commandButton>
</p>
</f:subview>
...
</h:form>
Is there any reason for submitting the form by the Javascript Event onclick?
I suggest you to call the action like this:
<h:commandButton id="saveEdit#{customer.id}" value="Submit" actionListener="#{adminService.saveCustomer()}">
<f:ajax render="#form" execute="#form"/>
</h:commandButton>

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